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Rachel Reeves vs Ben Lake

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.


Voting alignment

Rachel Reeves and Ben Lake voted the same way 96% of the time, based on 898 shared comparable votes.

866 same votes 32 different votes 898 shared votes

Alignment only includes divisions where both MPs recorded an Aye or No vote. Tellers, absences, abstentions, and missing votes are excluded.

Topic alignment

Closest by topic
86 Aye 59 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 145 shared votes
86 Aye 59 No
23 Aye 17 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 40 shared votes
23 Aye 17 No
14 Aye 12 No
Defence 100% aligned 26 shared votes
14 Aye 12 No
9 Aye 13 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 22 shared votes
9 Aye 13 No
16 Aye 4 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 20 shared votes
16 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 17 No
Benefits 80% aligned 40 shared votes
25 Aye 15 No
10 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 92% aligned 13 shared votes
9 Aye 4 No
16 Aye 31 No
Trade 94% aligned 47 shared votes
19 Aye 28 No
21 Aye 17 No
Transport 95% aligned 38 shared votes
19 Aye 19 No
16 Aye 5 No
Energy 95% aligned 21 shared votes
15 Aye 6 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

50.1 %
23 % below average
Rank 623 of 649
Participation
76.0 %
3 % above average
Rank 292 of 649
1,183
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,600
2,106 eligible divisions
678
57.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
892
55.7 % of votes cast
505
42.7 % of votes cast
No votes
708
44.3 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
16 years, 3 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
9 years, 2 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

71
-6.9 vs Commons average
Rank 292 of 650
Appearances
66
-11.9 vs Commons average
Rank 320 of 650
565
+426.7 vs Commons average
Rank 13 of 650
Contributions
68
-70.3 vs Commons average
Rank 424 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£3,061,546
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,460,196
all imported IPSA years
£291,343
29 % above average
Latest expenses
£250,650
11 % above average
5
4 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
8
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
matched sponsored bills

Expenses use IPSA totals for financial year 2024-25. Sponsored bill counts depend on currently imported bill sponsor metadata.

Most active voting topics

Brexit / EU
166 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
182 of 188 votes
Migration
115 of 171 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 163 votes
Environment / Climate
32 of 48 votes
#3
Trade
81 of 87 votes
Foreign Affairs
43 of 69 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Trade
56 of 91 votes
#5
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API